Colorado is one of the most strategically important aerospace states in the nation, anchored by Lockheed Martin Space, United Launch Alliance, and a dense cluster of satellite companies along the Denver-Boulder corridor. With Space Force headquarters in Colorado Springs, the state is at the center of American space power.
From GPS satellites to missile warning systems, Colorado's aerospace companies build the space infrastructure that the entire modern world depends on every single day.
Lockheed Martin Space
Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton is one of the most important satellite and spacecraft manufacturing sites in the world, building GPS satellites, missile warning systems, and deep space probes for NASA and the US military.
United Launch Alliance
ULA is headquartered in Centennial and manufactures the Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur rockets, building launch vehicles that deploy national security and commercial satellites from its Colorado engineering and production campus.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace designs and builds some of the most advanced optical and scientific instruments ever sent to space, including the instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope and GOES weather satellite series.
